After picking up awards from the Washington School Public Relations Association this spring, the Vancouver Public Schools communications team in June collected nine Publications and Electronic Media Awards from the National School Public Relations Association. Nearly 920 entries were submitted by school districts across the country.
VPS communications staff members and other district employees received the following excellence, merit or honorable mention awards:
- Excellence Award for vansd.org
Category: Internet/Intranet Website
Communications Specialist Tara Cox, Digital Media Specialist Sara Neal, Communications Director Pat Nuzzo and Communications Specialist Amanda Richter
- Excellence Award for Design II, Chapter 2 Strategic Plan
Category: Special Purpose Publication
Nuzzo and Chief of Staff Tom Hagley Jr.
- Merit Award for “Science. Under Pressure.”
Category: Video (Produced In-house)
Skyview High School teacher Nate Macon, Video Production Specialist Ian Southworth and Television Production Supervisor Nick Voll
- Merit Award for “Inside Vancouver Public Schools — Episode 2, 2014-15”
Category: Video (Produced In-house)
Southworth and Voll
- Honorable mention for Family-Community Resource Center marketing
Category: Marketing Publication
Cox, Neal, Nuzzo and Richter
- Honorable mention for Go Ready! Back-to-School Readiness Festival
Category: Branding/image package
Cox, Neal, Nuzzo and Richter
- Honorable mention for Inside Vancouver Public Schools, January 2015
Category: Magazine
Cox, Neal, Nuzzo and Richter
- Honorable mention for “Skyview alums set the future in motion”
Category: Excellence in Writing
Richter
- Honorable mention for “On the Job with Steve: Teaching Kindergarten”
Category: Video (Produced In-house)
Southworth; Voll; and Dr. Steve Webb, superintendent